Quotes by John Manion

“Cato is scrappy, ... They played all four quarters. Man on man, its just strength on strength. We were able to push them off the ball.”

“Theyre a very good team, and so are we. Its gonna be a heck of a game.”

“Its a great day to be wearing purple,”

“This is the spotlight for Eric. He needs this game. He needs a game like this to showcase his abilities.”

“I saw a change in their attitude. [The players said] We gotta get this game out of the way. We cant just look ahead.”

“Offensively, we were just clicking.”

“That was probably the biggest momentum swing of the night, ... Once he did that, the look in our guys eyes was like, This team is not going to beat us now. We just kept it going.”

“This is special, ... The fact that you have a game with two teams undefeated this late in the season is rare.”

“I think that showed our ability to elevate our game for the big ones.”

“We practiced well all week and played well the past week. They really keyed on Eric and that opened things up for Doug.”